Neuropathology — Flashcards

Earliest autolytic changes occur in _____ tissues and in brain

In diabetes patients, _____ occurs as a result of osmotic damage to Schwann cells

Mononuclear inflammatory infiltration in the leptomeninges, including microglial nodules called _____, is seen in rabies

One histological feature seen after an ischemic stroke is the presence of a _____, which appears after 2 weeks

Sturge-Weber syndrome is a developmental anomaly of _____ derivatives due to somatic mosaicism

Gross pathology of _____ infection appears as 'soap-bubble' lesions in the gray matter of the brain

_____ is a CNS tumor that usually arises in the cerebral hemispheres and characteristically crosses the corpus callosum ("butterfly glioma")

Schwannomas are biphasic tumors; containing dense, hypercellular areas (Antoni A) containing _____ cells alternating with hypocellular, myxoid areas (Antoni B)

In response to axon damage, the neuron cell body undergoes _____, which is the swelling of the cell body and dispersion of Nissl substance (chromatolysis)

_____ is characterized grossly by gray-appearing plaques in the white matter